Live Music At The Lindy Hop

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lesson and session at the Rumba Room features live music this Friday night with the Davy Ray Trio.  Free lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00, and $7 band cover at the door afterwards.  Lesson by Mike and Meghan.  Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

The Tiger Rag progressive dance lessons and guided practice sessions are in full swing at the Madison Dance Studio in Minglewood Plaza, 1555 Madison Ave Memphis, TN 38104.  Learn more and register here. 

Sunrise Serenade: I Found A New Baby

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "I Found A New Baby" by the Mills Brothers.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Needed Inventions 1947

"They ought to make something that . . . ."  The foregoing opening clause is the basis of a feature Popular Science ran in the 1940's.  The magazine would send you $5 for every suggestion of a needed invention the editors published and illustrated.  In this February 1947 issue, posted on Modern Mechanix, we have the catsup tamer, back-seat ejector, and squawking purse.  The "throat saver" is particularly interesting, because it makes you imagine what it was like to watch a movie in a theatre full of smokers. 

Sunrise Serenade: Gospel Train

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "Gospel Train" by the Golden Gate Quartet.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Theives

Here is an encore of a cartoon I first posted in 2009.  From the Internet Archive, enjoy the classic 1937 animated short:  Popeye Meets Ali Baba's Forty Theives.

Sunrise Serenade: The Patty Cake Man

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "The Patty Cake Man" by Ella Mae Morse.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

Dambuster Bomb Test In A Garden

During World War II, the British wanted to destroy a couple of German dams, but conventional bombs were not proving effective.  A man named Barnes Wallis came up with the idea of a "bouncing bomb," that would skip along the surface of the lakes formed by the dams, and then strike the dams at their most vulnerable point.  This photo, posted on Retronaut, shows Mr. Wallis testing the idea using marbles and a washtub in his garden.  The experiment and the mission it inspired is told in the 1955 movie, The Dam Busters. 

Sunrise Serenade: How High The Moon

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "How High The Moon" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Playlist Delayed

For the 0.000000001% of my listeners who rush to their internet devices after every show to check out the playlist, my apologies.  I am temporarily doing the show using back-up equipment that prevents me from posting my usual post-show playlist.  I will add these playlists to the playlist filing cabinet as soon as I get my old computer back.  Thanks.

Winston Churchill's Life Pod

Talk about accommodating a health condition.  According to Dieselpunk, Winston Churchill's doctors prohibited him from flying over 8,000 feet.  Since being Prime Minister necessarily meant speedy travel, Winston had a custom-built airplane with a pressurized "life pod" that maintained an internal pressure equivalent to 5,000 feet, and also allowed him to smoke a cigar.  The pod is featured in this photo from a 1947 issue of Life magazine.

Sunrise Serenade: Sugar Blues

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Sugar Blues" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.

Lindy Hop Friday - Live Music Next Week

The Red Hot Lindy Hop lesson and session continues this Friday night at the Rumba Room.  Free lesson at 7:00 p.m.  Free admission before 7:00, and $5 cover at the door afterwards.  Lesson by Kirk and Erin with music by Kirk.  Dress like you are going out!

Rumba Room

303 South Main

Memphis, TN 38103

Next Friday:  Live Band Night with the Davy Ray Trio.

The Tiger Rag progressive dance lessons and guided practice sessions are in full swing at the Madison Dance Studio in Minglewood Plaza, 1555 Madison Ave Memphis, TN 38104.  Learn more and register here. 

Sunrise Serenade: My Baby Likes To Bebop

Today's Sunrise Serenade was "My Baby Likes To Bebop" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line. 

The Eagle

Here is another obscure (at least to me) hero from the Golden Age of comics.  As far as I can tell from this posting on Four Color Shadows, the Eagle appears to be a scientist who developed some artificial wings that allow him to fly otherwise unaided.  He also appears to carry some sort of detonation device on his wrist. 

Sunrise Serenade: Black Coffee

This morning's Sunrise Serenade was "Black Coffee" by Ella Fitzgerald.  Click on the song title to listen courtesy of Jazz On Line.